Lucky Alan: And Other Stories

Lucky Alan: And Other StoriesA father tries to stave off a nervous breakdown when a family trip to SeaWorld shades into the sinister; a porn critic discovers that, despite his best intentions, his reputation not to mention the stacks of smut lining his apartment precedes him; an out of work avant garde stage director begins to test his limits in the theater of life; desperate forgotten comic book characters find themselves suddenly stranded on a desert island. With his celebrated

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